You can't rename a folder to . - it is definitely the root of the drive. 2008/12/15 D Stubbs <dsmn...@gmail.com>: > For clarity, it may be that this is not the normal situation for the '.' > root of the drive. That it was a folder accidently renamed by me instead > (farbeit for me to know about roots of drives though) > Below is what is listed in Disk Inventory X about this folder : > > Kind: folder (4) > Size:4.8GB > modified 6/16/06 > created: 9/12/03 > owner: > group: > Permission: drwx...... > Path: /. > Application: Disk Inventory X > Format: HFS+ > Mount Point/ > Device: /dev/disk0s 10 > > I tried to trash it from Inventory X but it said I did not have permission > thanks, Del > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Hunter Fuller <hackmies...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> '.' indicates the root of the drive, i.e., open up the hard drive >> viewer and you are looking at '.' -- you can't delete that. You need >> some program that cleans temporary files, someone on the list maybe >> can suggest one? >> >> 2008/12/15 D Stubbs <dsmn...@gmail.com>: >> > Thankyou everyone! >> > Thanks to Tony mentioning Inventory X - now I can see 6 gigs I dont need >> > bloating space, wahoo! >> > But for a little clarification... >> > I am a blacksmith, not a puter xpert, so some of your sincere replies >> > are a >> > bit over my head, would it be helpful to have new members give a 1-10 >> > rating >> > of their computer saviness? I'd say 2 or 3 for me. >> > Through Inventory X I see a folder in my 10.3.9 partition that has no >> > more >> > name than a 'period'. thats all [ . ] >> > It has 4.3 gigs of duplicated user and administrator stuff - good grief. >> > it must have happened a year back when I tried doing some updating after >> > my >> > puter guru friend got too sick to come out & help anymore. I am >> > confident >> > this folder can be dumped ( thanks to you folks I have made a ccc backup >> > now) >> > However this 4.3 gig folder does not show up in the normal osx folder - >> > how >> > do I locate it so it can be trashed? >> > I have more of your emails to reply to yet but think to just send this >> > for >> > now because it is the biggest problem >> > thanks so much again, >> > Del >> > >> > ( I still run our family biz website on Pagemill 3. I have installed a >> > new >> > seagate 160 GB hard drive inside our Sawtooth, but am waiting on the >> > time to >> > learn how to move over to it and upgrade to Tiger - as a handcraftsman >> > in >> > the sticks I'm a bit short on time to self learn puter stuff) >> >> >> >> >> > > > > >
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